essence
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In essence, Beijing was asking the Kremlin to subsidize the project.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 14, 2026
To represent the essence of a listener's own worldview, or perhaps the essence of its polar opposite.
From BBC ● Jul. 10, 2026
In essence, people want one-stop shopping where they don’t have to explain their situation over and over or fill out new forms.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 6, 2026
“We’re constantly reminding the audience of the contrast between Elle’s essence and the world she’s now in,” Neustadter adds.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 3, 2026
Every moment was a precious thing, having in it the essence of finality.
From "Rebecca" by Daphne du Maurier
This is a fundamental error: Ideologies are not platonic essences, existing unchanged beyond time and space.
From Salon ● Apr. 5, 2025
"One of the essences of this game is being able to figure out different ways of using each of these echoes," he says.
From BBC ● Nov. 11, 2024
Further, although chemically derived vanilla essences are available cheaply, they do not match the flavor of natural vanilla extract, and the demand for the latter continues to remain high.
From Science Daily ● May 16, 2024
The exhibition also includes tools for cutting and pressing the plants and extracting their essential essences.
From Reuters ● May 30, 2023
It’s a matrix light, a recombinant light that disintegrates hard lines and planes, rearranging objects to their essences.
From "Dreaming in Cuban" by Cristina García
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